Smelling Blood In The Water

 

As we are all aware of, life is NEVER a bed of roses.  There will always be antagonists, foes, adversaries, nemesis, name it.  For clarity, we are NOT insinuating that we be aggressive in our life WHEN it comes to conflicts but having said that, it is in our best interest for us to develop that ability to SMELL BLOOD in the water.  For alignment, this means scenarios WHERE we are at risk, in danger or in peril from the hands of an opposing party.  For further clarity, we're NOT referring to purely physical acts BUT instead, most of possible conflicts in life are far from physical BUT instead, such conflicts could be verbal, mental OR worse, for some WHO piggy-back on the power of social media to turn a mountain out of a molehill [WHICH is regrettable]📘📙📗

So, you might wonder, WHY do we need to be sharp enough to SMELL BLOOD IN THE WATER.  Plain and simple, much as we cannot be unconditionally shielded from any risk in life, at the very least, we need to be a step ahead in terms of monitoring a situation that can quickly turn from bad to worse.  BUT as they say, if we're a step ahead of things, we may possibly nip things in the bud.  That's WHEN we take a unilateral step ahead📌📌📌

As an analogy, let's swing over to social media WHERE, after many years in your FB, you know well enough your 'FB FRIENDS', especially those WHO tend to be easily triggered in arguments and conflicts that quickly escalate into full-blown ones.  WHAT IF you had a 'run in' with one FB FRIEND WHO carries that 'notoriety' of someone WHO does NOT back off from conflicts BUT instead, still goes full throttle.  We've heard of horror stories WHERE one of the protagonists uses social media to peddle half-truths and even concocted versions of a story.  SO HOW [after you SMELL BLOOD IN THE WATER], WHAT NEXT?  One immediate option is to watch out your FB and as a proactive measure, you may want to distance yourself from that person for now, at least via social media💥💥💥

WHAT IF you have this laid back outlook wherein you would just shrug off things even IF you did SMELL BLOOD IN THE WATER?  That's a double-edged sword hanging over you by then because either you, you are at risk.  IF you turn a blind eye, you might be perceived as a pushover, a weakling at that, WHO could be 'bulldozed' even randomly.  IF you take a proactive approach, just be ready for a 'fallout'❗❗❗

Our takeaway:  Once you're threading a very thin line WHERE the margin of error is very low, take a step back momentarily and reassess comprehensively the situation.  WHERE your assumptions seem to be more speculative, weigh-in and validate the probability of your assumption being correct.  Either way, it pays that we hone and sharpen our ability to SMELL BLOOD IN THE WATER😡😡😡